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Engineering Problem Solving: A Classical Perspective

Author

Milton C. Shaw

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Audience

Engineers, both in academia and industry, looking for new approaches to solving contemporary engineering applications. Prominent engineering societies including ASME, SAE, ASCE, and Women in Engineering. Students will find this a valuable, lifelong companion and guide to growing their most important problem-solving skills.

Description

Engineering, at its origins, was a profession of problem solving. The classic text, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences by Galileo Galilei is revisited in this ambitious and comprehensive book by Milton Shaw. In-depth discussions of passages from the Galileo text emphasize the "mind set" of engineering, specifically the roles played by experimentation and dialog in analysis and creativity.

In the epilogue, the author points out that engineering students are usually exposed to two types of faculty. The first type is mathematically oriented and mostly interested in analytical solutions. The second type is interested in devising and experimenting with innovative solutions. However, since many talented graduates move directly into teaching instead of gaining real world experience, an imbalance of analytical teaching has occurred. Shaw points out through an example by Dr. Dave Lineback that learning to solve practical engineering problems is a very important part of an engineers education, but is often denied due to expense and time and effort required. This book fills in many of the gaps in engineering education by showing students, and professionals, the historical background of problem solving.

Among those who will find this book particularly useful are engineers working in cross-disciplinary capacities, such as mechanical engineers working with electrical engineering concepts or polymeric materials, engineers preparing for professional engineering exams, mid-career engineers looking to broaden their problem-solving skills, and students looking for help growing their skills.

About the author

Dr. Shaw is the distinguished holder of two honorary Ph.D.s in engineering in addition to the Doctor of Science degree he achieved in 1942. Dr. Shaw began his career as a professor of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a position he held for 13 years. Professor Shaw left MIT to become head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he remained for 16 years. He has worked as a consultant to over 125 industrial companies in the US and abroad and served for four years as the Chief of Materials Branch of NASA. He has received 17 honors and awards from major professional societies, universities and industry research initiatives. Dr. Shaw currently is Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Arizona State University.

Copyright

2001

Specs

Pages: 450

6 x 9, Hardcover

ISBN

0-8155-1447-6

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